Scrapbook, 1834-1912.

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Scrapbook, 1834-1912.

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Scrapbook of news clippings from Springfield papers regarding historically prominent sites and people. An 1834 newspaper has an item about a New Salem, Ill. town meeting where A. Lincoln acted as secretary. Other articles about Lincoln, Richard Ogelsby and Richard Yates. Includes the published,1854 diary of Col. Baker kept while travelling from St. Joseph, Mo. to California. Newspaper photos of houses, buildings and dress styles of the 1800's. Accounts of the death of Richard Oglesby and John McClernand. Stories and obituaries of many other socially and politically prominent people. Old settlers' published reminiscences about the area and life in the past.

1 v. ; 40 cm.

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Yates, Richard, 1860-1936

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Son of the Civil War governor of the same name, Yates was an Illinois judge, governor (1901-1905), and congressman. From the description of Letter, June 17, 1906. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 698776893 Governor of Illinois, 1901-1905, and son of the earlier Governor Richard Yates. From the description of Autograph, February 19, 1902. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 739953323 ...

Oglesby, Richard J. (Richard James), 1824-1899

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American soldier and legislator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to G.H. Williams, 1873 Mar. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270611451 Richard J. Ogelsby was an officer in the Civil War and seriously wounded, eventually promoted to major general, elected to governor of Illinois in 1864, 1872 and 1884, and ten days after his 1885 term began, resigned after being chosen by the Illinois Republican party for the senate. He had been an orphan and ...

Pasfield, George, 1831-?

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Springfield, Ill. physician and businessman, whose father was born in England, came to the United States and was one of the first settlers in Springfield, owning a grocery store on the north side of the "public square". George, Jr. gave up medicine to manage the store and other business affairs upon his father's death. From the description of Scrapbook, 1834-1912. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 49700213 ...